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The Three Gifts — A Marriage Parable

What is the most important quality for a person to have in order to be successful in their marriage? How do we make ourselves receptive to blessings in our marriage and i

Masculine and Feminine

An appreciation of the spiritual roots of masculinity and femininity helps us to better understand the male-female dynamic as we know it. We ask how masculine and feminin

Stop Controlling & Start Loving

Why did 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva all perish? What is a "love martyr"? How do we stop trying to control others and start loving them for who they are? Lessons in hea

The Kabbalah of Joy

The Jewish approach to happiness differs fundamentally from the way the world at large views it. Is happiness a goal or a means to a goal? Is happiness a right or an obli

How to Be Here

Toxic thinking, like fear and worry, can remove us from the here and now, causing us not to be present in our own lives. By learning to be G-d-conscious in each moment we

A Parent's Power

A short talk on the Chassidic approach to parenting and the attitude and mind-set a parent should adopt towards their child. This talk was delivered by renowned chassidic

The Alef of Jewish Education

Before you can teach a child how great our Torah is, you must teach the child how great he or she is. Rabbi Shais Taub to Parents of ULY Crown Street.

Message to Jewish School Principals

Rabbi Taub addresses the CounterForce Principals Conference in Boro Park attended by over one hundred Jewish school principals.

Raising an Emotionally Healthy Chasidisher Teen

Rabbi Taub addresses parents at Beth Rivkah High School in Crown Heights, Brooklyn about how to raise emotionally healthy teens.

How to Motivate a Jew: The Secret of What Drives Us

What incentives drive us to do mitzvos? What is the key difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation? And what does it have to do with the prohibition of "new fl

Lifting Up Our Daughters

How do we raise our daughters to want to commit their lives to Torah? We lift them up. This talk, presented at the annual dinner of Beis Chaya Mushka Monsey, discusses th

Every Child Is Special

What do parents do when a child just doesn't "fit the mold"? At the annual dinner for Legadel, a London UK organization that provides support to children who are not thri

Be the Needle: Lessons for a Yahrzeit

On the occasion of his father's yarhzeit, the Rebbe teaches a kabbilistic interpretation of the Mishnah studied on a yahrzeit: "A needle which is placed on the step [lead

The Soul of a Child

On the importance of seeing the uniqueness of every child. A special talk for parents and educators in honor of the shloshim memorial of 19-year-old Dina Leah Rosenzweig

Rabbi Shais Taub Speaks to Beis Rivkah 12th Grade at the Ohel

Rabbi Shais Taub speaks to the 12th grade of Beis Rivkah High School about the meaning of visiting the Rebbe's Ohel.

All of Our Children Are Beautiful

Rabbi Taub addresses the Menachem Foundation’s Kinus Hamechanchos on their theme (The Advantage of Light from Dark) as it relates to Tu B’Av and seeing the potential with

How to See Your Child (A Meditation)

Can you see your child as a soul? In this guided meditation we try to align ourselves with the truth that our child is intrinsically worthy, infinitely worthy, and uncond

Kaddish

What is the deeper meaning of kaddish as well as the other Jewish customs connected with death, grief, and mourning? This talk describes the connection between traditiona

Pre-Shabbos Meditation

A guided meditation just before the onset of Shabbos in order to get into a Shabbos frame of mind. (Delivered at the National Jewish Retreat.)

“The Only True Existence”—A Guided Meditation

This guided meditation simulates the chasidic practice of “hisbobenus” contemplation. Rabbi Shais Taub gently guided you through various thoughts on the theme that G-d is